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Last updated on 2024-05-27


World Boxing Council
World Welterweight Title
(as of 2025-09-14)

* Bolded letters in the competitor's name, if any, indicate the surname/family name.

Emile Griffith 1963-02
WBA & NYSAC champion, named the first WBC champion.
Luis Manuel Rodríguez1963-03-21 Los Angeles, CA, USA
Emile Griffith [2]1963-06-08 New York, NY, USA
Also wins the middlweight title on 66-04-25; loses lawsuit to retain the welterweight title on 66-08-01 (Associated Press, 66-08-02).
Curtis Cokes 1966-08-24 New Orleans, LA, USA
Defeats Manuel Gonzalez.
José Nápoles1969-04-18 Inglewood, CA, USA
Billy Backus1970-12-03 Syracuse, NY, USA
José Nápoles [2]1971-06-04 Inglewood, CA, USA
John H. Stracey1975-12-06 Mexico City, DF, MEX
Carlos Palomino1976-06-22 London, ENG, GBR
Wilfred Benítez1979-01-14 San Juan, PR, USA
Sugar Ray Leonard1979-11-30 Las Vegas, NV, USA
Roberto Durán1980-06-20 Montreal, QC, CAN
Sugar Ray Leonard1980-11-25 New Orleans, LA, USA
Vacates on 82-11-09 upon (temporary) retirement.
Milton McCrory1983-08-13Las Vegas, NV, USA
Defeats Colin Jones.
Donald Curry1985-12-06Las Vegas, NV, USA
Lloyd Honeyghan1986-09-27 Atlantic City, NJ, USA
Jorge Vaca1987-10-28 London, ENG, GBR
Lloyd Honeyghan1988-03-29 London, ENG, GBR
Marlon Starling1989-02-04 Las Vegas, NV, USA
Maurice Blocker1990-08-19 Reno, NV, USA
Simon Brown1991-03-18Las Vegas, NV, USA
Buddy McGirt1991-11-29 Las Vegas, NV, USA
Pernell Whitaker1993-03-06 New York, NY, USA
Oscar De La Hoya1997-04-12 Las Vegas, NV, USA
Félix Trinidad1999-09-18 Las Vegas, NV, USA
Vacates on 00-03-03.
Shane Mosley2000-06-17Los Angeles, CA, USA
Defeats Oscar De La Hoya.
Vernon Forrest2002-01-26 New York, NY, USA
Ricardo Mayorga2003-01-25 Temecula, CA, USA
Cory Spinks2003-12-13 Atlantic City, NJ, USA
Zab Judah2005-02-05 St. Louis, MO, USA
Carlos Baldomir2006-01-07 New York, NY, USA
Floyd Mayweather Jr.2006-11-04 Las Vegas, NV, USA
Vacates on 08-06-06 upon (temporary) retirement.
Andre Berto2008-06-21 Memphis, TN, USA
Defeats Miguel Ángel Rodríguez.
Victor Ortiz2011-04-16 Ledyard, CT, USA
Floyd Mayweather Jr.2011-09-17 Paradise, NV, USA
On 15-11-02, WBC designates Mayweather as Emeritus Champion, which grants him the right to fight for the title at any given time.
Danny García2016-01-23Los Angeles, CA, USA
Defeats Robert Guerrero.
Keith Thurman2017-03-04New York, NY, USA
Vacant on 18-04-24.
Shawn Porter 2018-09-08 New York, NY, USA
Defeats Danny Garcia.
Errol Spence Jr. 2019-09-28Los Angeles, CA, USA
Also holds IBF World Title; also wins WBA World Title on 22-04-16.
Terence Crawford 2023-07-29 Las Vegas, NV, USA
WBO world champion, wins WBC, WBA, and IBF world titles to become the undisputed champion; named Champion in recess on 24-05-27 after moving up to the super welterweight class (WBC official site).
Mario Barrios 2024-05-27  
Interim champion since defeating Yordenis Ugas on 23-09-30; status promoted.


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